Where does “scellement” come from?
scellement (French) comes from French sceller, from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin sigellare, from Latin sigillāre, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scellement (French): sealing; seal
Ancestry of “scellement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sceller | to seal; to seal, guarantee; to mortar |
| 2 | Middle French | sceller | to seal |
| 3 | Old French | seeler | to seal |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sigellare | — |
| 5 | Latin | sigillāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |